Share based compensation arrangement by share based payment award percentage from fair market price.

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Represents the expense recognized during the period arising from equity-based compensation arrangements (for example, shares of stock, unit, stock options or other equity instruments) with employees, directors and certain consultants qualifying for treatment as employees.

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Number of common shares reserved for future issuance related to deferred compensation arrangements with individuals.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Date the equity-based award expires, in CCYY-MM-DD format.

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The maximum number of shares (or other type of equity) originally approved (usually by shareholders and board of directors), net of any subsequent amendments and adjustments, for awards under the equity-based compensation plan. As stock or unit options and equity instruments other than options are awarded to participants, the shares or units remain authorized and become reserved for issuance under outstanding awards (not necessarily vested).

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Amount of accumulated difference between fair value of underlying shares on dates of exercise and exercise price on options exercised (or share units converted) into shares.

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Amount by which the current fair value of the underlying stock exceeds the exercise price of options outstanding.

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Share-based compensation - Additional Information (Detail) - USD ($)		1 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Sep. 10, 2004	Sep. 17, 2014	Aug. 27, 2008	Jun. 30, 2017	Jun. 30, 2016	Dec. 31, 2016
Employee Service Share-based Compensation, Allocation of Recognized Period Costs [Line Items]
Share based compensation expense				$ 34,000	$ 34,000
Issuance of stock option to purchase stock				6,000,000
Common stock reserved for issuance				3,251,340
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Options, Outstanding, Intrinsic Value				$ 17,600,000		$ 17,100,000
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Options, Exercises in Period, Intrinsic Value				$ 916,787	$ 306,000
2004 Stock Incentive Plan
Employee Service Share-based Compensation, Allocation of Recognized Period Costs [Line Items]
Common stock reserved for issuance	2,500,000
Plan expiration date	Sep. 10, 2014
2014 Stock Incentive Plan
Employee Service Share-based Compensation, Allocation of Recognized Period Costs [Line Items]
Common stock reserved for issuance		3,000,000
Plan expiration date		Sep. 17, 2024
Share based compensation arrangement by share based payment award percentage of fair market Person holding more then 10% voting stock		110.00%
2008 Stock Incentive Plan
Employee Service Share-based Compensation, Allocation of Recognized Period Costs [Line Items]
Common stock reserved for issuance			3,000,000
Plan expiration date			Aug. 27, 2018
Share based compensation arrangement by share based payment award percentage of fair market Person holding more then 10% voting stock			110.00%